Climate does not benefit from new German coalition

Germany: The upcoming German government has no real ambitious climate policy, says Pieter Pauw. The policy is short-sighted. Even the…

In the end, the Union's demand for a re-entry into nuclear power was no longer a negotiating chip in the coalition negotiations with the SPD – not only ecologically, but also economically, it would have been brutal nonsense. Unlike in the preliminary drafts, the passage in the coalition agreement presented by the two parties on 9 April 2025 was missing. Nevertheless, the paper in the field of climate and energy policy is a document of ignorance …

Union and SPD have agreed on a coalition agreement. What good is the paper with regard to climate protection? A lot of positive things about it, finds climate economist Claudia Kemfert. But also a lot of negative things.